LILONGWE, Malawi - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has signed an agreement with the Government of Japan for a contribution of JPY 300 million (USD 1.9 million) to provide critical food assistance for 170,000 food-insecure people during Malawi¡¯s October to March lean season, when food stocks are low and families struggle to meet their daily food needs.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of USD 8.3 million from the Government of Norway to support the food needs of crisis-affected families and primary school children in Malawi. The contribution comes at a crucial moment as the country enters the peak of the lean season - the period between planting and harvesting when food availability is at its lowest and hunger peaks.
Nacala, Mozambique - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a €3 million contribution from the European Union (EU) to support a regional initiative aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) specifically in Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomes a generous contribution of JPY 300 million (approximately US$ 2.06 million) aimed at supporting critical food assistance for vulnerable communities in Malawi.
LILONGWE, Malawi ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a contribution of €4 million from the Government of Italy to expand the Home-Grown School Feeding programme and support climate-smart agriculture and sustainable school meals by connecting schools with local farmers in Malawi¡¯s Chikwawa District.
LILONGWE, Malawi ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education and with support from the Government of Iceland, has expanded the Home-Grown School Meals (HGSM) programme to Nkhotakota district, Malawi.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a timely contribution of US$58 million from the Government of Japan. This contribution will enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ to support vulnerable populations affected by conflict, climate change, and economic crisis in 28 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Malawi have signed an agreement to import 48,000 metric tons of maize, valued at US$ 35 million and funded by the World Bank Group, to help food-insecure communities affected by the El Ni?o-induced drought.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Adaptation Fund, has today commenced the distribution of MK 2.2 billion (approximately US$1.3 million) in insurance payouts to over 36,000 farming households in Malawi. These payouts aim to support farmers whose crops suffered damage due to climate-induced shocks during the 2023/2024 growing season.
BLANTYRE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), together with the Government of Malawi¡¯s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA), welcomes 19,200 metric tons of maize through the ¡°Grain from Ukraine¡± initiative to support 863,000 households experiencing acute food-insecurity households, due to the El Ni?o-induced drought in Malawi.
BLANTYRE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has begun delivering emergency food assistance to support Malawians impacted by the El Ni?o-fuelled drought. This effort, which complements the Government of Malawi¡¯s National Response Plan, is supported by generous donor commitments of a nearly USD 39 million.
Lilongwe - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a US$ 5.2 million contribution from the Government of Norway to support 544,000 Malawians adversely impacted by the El Ni?o-induced drought.
Pretoria, 5 June 2024 - More than 30 million people across Southern Africa have been affected by a severe drought. Millions could be pushed into acute hunger unless support is urgently mobilized to scale before the next lean season, warn the United Nations (UN) and partners.
LILONGWE - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a generous contribution of ?3 million (USD 3.7 million) from the United Kingdom to the El Ni?o response appeal in Malawi. This critical support promptly addresses the urgent and escalating El Nino drought-induced humanitarian needs.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is appealing for urgent resources to deliver life-saving food assistance to two million people reeling from the devastating impacts of drought, exacerbated by the effects of El Ni?o. This comes just days after Malawi¡¯s President Lazarus Chakwera declared a state of disaster.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes an additional EUR 500,000 (MWK 623 million) contribution from the Government of France, which will be used to provide home-grown school meals for children and food assistance to refugees in Malawi. This brings France¡¯s contribution to Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Malawi to EUR 1 million in 2023 (MWK 1.2 billion).
ROME ¨C To make more progress in the fight against hunger, the world needs to make at-risk communities less vulnerable to climate shocks and other emergencies, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ said today.
LILONGWE ¨CThe United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has been forced to cut assistance to more than 51,000 vulnerable refugees by 50 percent as hunger levels deepen at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 500,000 from the Government of France to support innovative home-grown school feeding activities in Chikwawa and Nsanje districts ¨C two of the worst cyclone-affected districts in southern Malawi.
BLANTYRE ¨C Prices of staple foods are soaring in Malawi, ten days after Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its second passage over the southern African country, worsening levels of food insecurity as families struggle to meet their food needs.
BLANTYRE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has stepped up an emergency response to help an estimated 130,000 people affected by the devastating effects of Cyclone Freddy, which has dumped six months¡¯ worth of rainfall in six days in southern Malawi.
LILONGWE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a total US$ 4.1 million contribution from the Government of Iceland and the Government of Norway to support thousands of people facing severe hunger at the peak of the lean season in Malawi.
Lilongwe ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$ 500,000 (MK 500 million) contribution from the Government of Japan to meet the urgent food needs of 200,000 Malawians affected by higher staple prices due to the conflict in Ukraine and recent flood-induced crop losses.
ROME ¨C Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, warns the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) on World Refugee Day. The somber warning comes as Â鶹ÊÓƵ has already been forced to significantly reduce rations to refugees across its operations.
Lilongwe, Malawi ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed a US$9.7 million (MK 8 billion) contribution from the United States Government to help nearly 400,000 food insecure Malawians become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
